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The World Health Organization says around 26 million people have been affected by the deadly and devastating earthquake that has hit Turkey and neighboring Syria. The United Nations health agency sounded the alarm on Saturday, saying the natural disaster had so far affected 15 million people in Turkey and 11 million others in Syria. According to the organization, the staggering figure includes

Puttur, Feb 11: The Bharat Mata Mandira, developed through the Dharmasri Prathishtana at Amaragiri in Ishwaramangala of Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district was formally inaugurated today by Union Minister for Home Affairs and Cooperation Amit Shah. Built on two-and-a-half acres of land belonging to the Trust at a cost of Rs 3 crore, this is the second such temple in the south India after the

Mangaluru, Feb 11: A youth, who was his way home after finishing his work in the city, lost his life in a gruesome road accident last night on National Highway 75 at Adyar on the outskirts of Mangaluru. The deceased has been identified as Kartik Maniyani (24), son of Gopalakrishna Maniyani, resident of Pakalakunja Balekana in Manila in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. Kartik was working

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Waqf Board to respond to a petition by its employees for payment of salaries and emoluments pending for more than five months. The Delhi Waqf Board Employees Association has contended that employees coming under certain categories have not received their salaries from October last year and are facing "unfathomable financial hardships". "Counter affidavits

Istanbul, Feb 11: Rescue crews have saved a 10-day-old baby and his mother trapped under a toppled building in Turkey and dug several people, including children, out from other sites as the death toll from the devastating Turkey-Syria earthquake approached 24,000. Officials and medics said on Friday 20,213 people had died in Turkey and 3,553 in Syria. The confirmed total now stands at 23,766. Many

Mangaluru, Feb 11: A teenage boy who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mangaluru following a ghastly road mishap occurred at Shivagiri near Kalleri in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada, breathed his last on the late night on Thursday February 9. The deceased has been identified as Aboobakar Siddique (16), son of daily wage labourer Kuppetti resident Ibrahim alias Abbonu. He was a II

United Nations, Feb 11: Up to 5.3 million people in Syria may have been made homeless by the devastating earthquake which rocked the region this week, a United Nations official said on Friday. "As many as 5.3 million people in Syria may have been left homeless by the earthquake," the Syria representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sivanka Dhanapala, told a press briefing. He said

Mumbai, Feb 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a new campus of an educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra Muslims on Friday in an outreach to one of Mumbai's most influential communities ahead of the high-stakes municipal elections in the city. PM Modi was seen walking, holding hands with the head of the community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin, at the new campus of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah

Kasaragod, Feb 11: Muhammad Hibatullah is just 8-year-old and already has the distinction of having saved someone’s life. The brave boy rescued an 11-year-old boy from drowning when they had ventured into River Payaswini at Pallangod near Adoor in Kasaragod district. The incident took place on Tuesday, February 7 when Hibatullah and two friends went to bathe in the Payaswini River. In fact

Mangaluru, Feb 10: Vittal police in Dakshina Kannada have arrested a woman, who failed to appear before the court in connection with a cheating case registered against her about five years ago, from Kerala. The accused is Sujatha,42, a resident of Panacheri in Payyanur, Kannur district. A case under various sections of the IPC was registered against Sujatha in Vittal police station, about five